Look who’s laughing now: One individual who...

Look who’s laughing now: One individual who felt vindicated on Election Night was Larry Harmon, television’s Bozo the Clown.

A few days earlier, Harmon was indirectly slammed by President Bush, who had said of Bill Clinton and Al Gore: “My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.” Clinton later stoutly defended Bozo as one who “makes people laugh.”

After the election, Harmon sent a congratulatory note to the President-elect. We hope the clown isn’t angling for a spot in the Clinton Administration, though. Historically, bozos usually serve in a post that Clinton has already filled: vice president.

Political anagram of the year: Film writer Bob Logan called to point out that the letters in the phrase, “Tuesday, November Third,” can be rearranged to read: “Many Voted, Bush Retired.”

The lost key: During the campaign, Bush admitted that some people thought he was lacking in what he called the “vision thing.” Perhaps if he’d seen the Long Beach storefront in our accompanying photo . . .

The L.A. factor: Jay Leno of “The Tonight Show” said before the election, “Perot is predicting a landslide, Bush said he wants to shake up people, and Clinton said he wants to light a fire under people. Boy, they should come to L.A. They can do that all in one day.”

Missing Cupid report: Over the Halloween weekend, someone stole a Cupid statue that stood for years in the garden at the Glen-Donald Apartments on West 9th Street. Resident Nola-Marie Mott sent along this description:

“Height: 3-4 feet. Weight: 100 pounds. Complexion: Gray. Age: 68 (but looks younger).”

Fast-breaking out of town?Starry-eyed Burbank city officials announced the other day that they’ve chosen a site for a $100-million sports arena that, they hope, the L.A. Clippers will soon call home. If so, we trust that the team’s irrelevant nickname is changed to honor the man most closely associated with the city.

Can’t you just hear the PA announcer? “And, now, heeerrreee’s the Burbank Johnnies!”

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Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th President of the United States, visited L.A. in 1878, the first occupant of the White House to do so. He brought back such glowing reports that the next President to visit was William McKinley, 23 years later.

STEVE HARVEY / Los Angeles Times